Appearance: Arrives with a thick head that sits atop the amber colored liquid and leaves thick sheets of lace behind

Smell: Caramel dominant, with a hint of pine

Taste: Caramel, up front, with the piney character developing by mid-palate; the finish was rather fruity

Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate carbonation

Overall: While still a good beer, this was my least favorite COAST beer so far; I am not a big fan of ambers and those I have really enjoyed have been a bit more hoppy relative to the caramel; perhaps the bottled examples have that balance but the draft version I tried did not (598 characters)

Served from bottle into a COAST Willi. Poured a slightly hazy red-orange with a two finger off-white head that subsided to a half finger very slowly. Maintained excellent lacing throughout the glass. The aroma was comprised of sweet malt, citrus, citrus hop, caramel, and subtle pine. The flavor was of sweet malt, citrus, citrus hop, subtle pine, fruit, and subtle pine hop. It had a medium feel on the palate with medium-high carbonation. Overall this was a very good brew. I’m not usually a big fan of this style considering it isn’t quite hoppy enough for my palate, however, COAST came out of the gates swinging on this one. There are a really nice and well balanced citrus aspect going on with this that leaves you wanting more and more. Couple that with a great mouthfeel and you’ve got one easy drinking brew. A definite must try and another solid offering from COAST! (882 characters)

Bottled on (no longer have bottle, but apx. 6 weeks old), Poured into a Tripel Karmeliet Tulip, Reviewed from Notes

A: dark copper red body, hazy, nice one inch off white head, better than average lacing for the style

N: SIMICOE! is in the forefront, I love this hop and this beer is no exception, fruity-vegetable goodness

T: friut-citrusy combines with a herbal-vegetable hop assault, nice bitterness with adequate carmel malt backing things up, but mainly acts as a counter-balance for the high alpha acid hop. hops are the deal in this beer.

M: full, but right on for the style

O: really loved this beer, another world class beer for COAST (648 characters)

Appearance - Pours a cloudy amber with a creamy off-white head that settles to a thin cap, leaving behind lots of sticky lacing clinging to the glass.Smell - Fresh and pungent Simcoe-heavy aromas of pine resin, grapefruit, and pineapple with a moderately sweet caramel malt profile.Taste - Very similar to the nose, lots of grapefruit, pine resin, pineapple, and mango with some sweet amber malt and a solidly bitter finish.Mouthfeel - Crisp and smooth, with a medium body and good carbonation.Overall - Another great Amber Ale from COAST, this would serve as a nice into to the much bigger Carnie Fire! (607 characters)

T: Grapefruity hops; just a touch of malt sweetness; doughy notes in there, too. Not as malty as I was expecting, which makes things seem a bit incomplete, taste-wise.

M: Full bodied and high carbonation; a nice palate washer, with a good body for the abv; the lack of malt sweetness lends to a drier finish.

O: A very drinkable red ale; the smaller malt profile almost makes this one a bit refreshing. 5.5% helps out in the drinkability department, too. I’d say the Cascade and Chinook Pale Ales top this one in Coast’s single hop series, but still pretty good. (827 characters)